diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index 9e4d0c0..0d0b45f 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ static inline void put_le16(uint16_t val, void *dst)
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_le16(val), (uint16_t *) dst);
 }
 
+static inline void put_be16(uint16_t val, const void *ptr)
+{
+	put_unaligned(cpu_to_be16(val), (uint16_t *) ptr);
+}
+
 static inline void put_le32(uint32_t val, void *dst)
 {
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_le32(val), (uint32_t *) dst);